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George Geary

George Geary

Born: 9 July 1893, Barwell, Leicestershire
Died: 6 March 1981, Leicester
Major Teams: Leicestershire, England.
Known As: George Geary
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium


Test Debut: England v South Africa at Manchester, 4th Test, 1924
Last Test:
England v Australia at Lord's, 2nd Test, 1934

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1927

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   14   20   4   249   66   15.56   0   2   13   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling             635    181  1353   46  29.41  7-70    4   1  82.8  2.13

FIRST-CLASS
 (career: 1912 - 1938)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  549  820 138 13504  122   19.80   8  54  451   0

                    Balls    M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling            115899 5653 41339 2063  20.03 10-18  125  30  56.1  2.14

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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His boots are on display in the pavilion at Grace Road, a worthy memorial to a tireless bowler, with over 2000 wickets in a 27 year career (interrupted by World War 1). A right-arm medium fast bowler of great stamina and accuracy, he commanded pace off the pitch, change of pace, swing, and seam. He was also versatile, able to switch to off-spin in favourable conditions. His international appearances were comparatively few, overshadowed by Tate, but he had a fine tour of Australia in 1928-9, topping the bowling averages, and before injury prevented him bowling further on the tour, took 12 for 130 in his first Test in South Africa. He was a useful tail-end bat, and in his first Test helped Macaulay save England with a 9th wicket partnership of 108. He was a fine slip fielder, taking two superb catches off Larwood in the Oval Test of 1926 (afterwards noting that the pace of the ball had resulted in bruises through to the back of his hands). Elbow problems caused him difficulty towards the end of his career, and after retirement he took to coaching at Charterhouse, where nothing gave him more pleasure than helping the young Peter May (Dave Liverman, 1998).

* Last Updated: Monday, 29-Jul-2002 08:19:49 GMT


 
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